[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              SAVE THE CHILDREN: END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT

  (Mr. FUNDERBURK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FUNDERBURK. Mr. Speaker, I really feel sorry for the liberal 
Democrats. They call their $5 trillion welfare nightmare compassionate. 
Their system is not compassionate, their system is obscene.
  Today, we have an unprecedented opportunity to save the lives of 
millions of children who would otherwise be trapped in the system which 
has ruined previous generations. We cannot be intimidated by the 
liberals in Congress and in the media who offer no solutions, only 
scare tactics. They throw out words like ``cruel'' and ``mean'' but I 
ask you, Mr. Speaker, what is more cruel, what is more mean, than to 
condemn a child to life on the liberal welfare dole. That is the 
cruelest punishment imaginable. We cannot allow another generation of 
American children to fall victim to the ``compassion'' of the American 
left. We must be strong, we must be bold, and we must act now for H.R. 
4. Our children deserve no less.


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